News

• Students enjoyed attending the The 2019 Program Retreat, particularly they keynote address from alumnus Dr. Hao Ngyuen, MD PhD
• Aditya Mithal (G3) was awarded a travel award and abstract trainee merit award for his poster at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
• Omar Mohtar’s (M3) recent JCB publication has been highlighted as an editor’s choice in Science Signaling. Check it out here.
• Shen Ning (G3) has been featured in a Journal of NeuroPhysiology Podcast discussing her work investigating how sleep-wake cycles affect tau accumulation. This podcast can be found here.
• Congratulations to our six graduates in the Class of 2019!
• Nisma Mujahid (Class of 2019) was featured in a PBS Nova Article discussing sun protection, something that she investigated in her graduate studies. This article can be found here.
• Marc Vittoria, G4, NIH F30
• Nisma Mujahid, ’19, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Foreign Study Award, Gold Humanism Honor Society
• Jacob Kantrowitz, ’19, Gold Humanism Honor Society
• Leon Sun, G4, NIH F30
• Alissa Frame, M3, NIH F31, Best Poster Award at American Heart Meeting on Hypertension
• Terry Hsieh, ’18, Alpha Omega Alpha, Travel Award from the Shock Society,Gold Humanism Honor Society
• Anjali Jacob, ’19, NIH F31, Jo Rae Wright Young Investigator of the Year, FASEB meeting – best trainee oral presentation, First Author Paper in Cell Stem Cell, Alpha Omega Alpha
• YoonJoo Lee, G4, NIH F30, Travel Award from American Society for Cell Biology
• Will Li, G4, Autism Science Foundation – Predoctoral Fellowship
• Sanghee Lim, M3, Medical Student Grants Targeting Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research,Melanoma Research Foundation Medical Student Research Grant
• Melody Lun, ’18,  Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award
• Ryan Quinton, G4, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Foreign Study Award, Jean McPhail Award
•  Stephanie Pavlovich’s M4 new Cell Paper can be found here